The Office of Cybersecurity supports the CIO and the campus by leading and managing campus efforts to reduce risk. Strategies include appropriate handling of data, continued diagnostics and good processes and procedures to manage our intellectual property and other sensitive information.

This position is responsible to completing work efforts within the Security Testing and Cyber Defense domain of the UW-Madison Office of Cybersecurity. The team focuses on implementation of frameworks and processes that pro-actively identify, assess, and manage vulnerabilities through testing systems throughout the systems development life cycle. Utilizing the implemented frameworks and processes, the team performs vulnerability and risk assessments of networks, systems, and applications to support system operations and guides the developers, system administrators, and engineering staff in implementing an appropriate set of IT risk mitigation controls. These may also include phases of the Risk Management Framework (RMF). Security testing includes establishing and maintaining services for host-based, web application, database vulnerability management, and penetration testing.

This position is also responsible for organizing Cyber Defense Engineering services and supporting the operational cybersecurity controls identified from the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), Cybersecurity Operation Center (CSOC), and Enterprise System Security (ESS) domains and from the Office of the CIO. This includes providing services and controls associated with application security, endpoint security, data security, and network security across the UW-Madison campus. This position reports to the UW-Madison Chief Information Security Officer.

Additional Information:

The successful candidate must pass a U.S. Department of Justice/FBI background check and be approved by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under 42 CFR 73.8.

Please note that DoIT is not able to provide sponsorship for this position.

Application materials may be reviewed prior to the deadline, in order to update your materials, please notify the contact listed in the job posting.

In order to be considered for this position, applicants must upload a resume and cover letter. Your cover letter should specifically address the Required Qualifications listed in the Relevant Work Experience section.